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Richard V. Burkhauser
Sarah Gibson Blanding Professor of Policy Analysis
Cornell University

Richard V. Burkhauser is the Sarah Gibson Blanding Professor of Policy Analysis in the Department of Policy Analysis and Management in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell University. Burkhauser has published widely in the area of United States and European social security retirement and disability policy. His most recent publications include: with John Cawley, "Beyond BMI: The Value of More Accurate Measures of Fatness and Obesity in Social Science Research," Journal of Health Economic, 27 (2)(March 2008): 519-529 and with Kosali Simon, "Who Gets What from Employer Pay or Play Mandates?" Risk Management and Insurance Review (Forthcoming). He was a member of the 2003 Technical Panel on Assumptions and Methods of the Social Security Administration Actuaries, a U.S. Senate appointee to the Ticket to Work/Work Incentives Improvement Act Advisory Board (2000-2002), as well as a member of the Technical Panel of the 1994-1996 Advisory Council on Social Security and the 1994-1995 National Academy of Social Insurance Panel on Disability Policy Reform. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago.



Associated Research Projects
 
UM08-Q2:  The Role of Disability Transfer Programs on the Economic Well-Being of Working-Age People with Disabilities
UM08-17:  The Impact of Fatness on Disability Insurance Application by the Non-Elderly
UM06-23:  Using New Measures of Fatness to Improve Estimates of Early Entry onto the OASI Rolls
UM04-08:  Obesity, Disability and the Movement onto the DI and SSI Rolls
UM00-10:  The Role of Social Security Transfer Programs in Protecting Older People Transitioning into Retirement and Widowhood: A Cross-National Perspective
UM99-03:  Tracking the Income of Individuals Applying for Disability Insurance